BUFORD — Victoria Bar and Katelyn White each scored two goals to lead the No. 1-ranked Buford girls to a dominating 8-0 win over Glynn Academy on Wednesday in the second round of the Class 6A soccer playoffs.
It’s the second consecutive season the Lady Wolves (20-0) have advanced to the Elite 8 round. They also remain the only unbeaten team in Class 6A.
After a back-and-forth affair for the first eight-plus minutes, Buford, the Region 8-6A champion, scored seven times in a 15-minute span to blow open a scoreless game to take a 7-0 lead at halftime.
Abbey Cumming scored on a penalty kick and Shae Owings also scored for Buford, which remains the only unbeaten team in Class 6A.
Also among Region 8-6A teams, the Habersham Central girls season came to an end in a 5-1 loss to No. 9 Richmond Hill on the road.
Buford next will play host to Chattahoochee in the quarterfinals on Monday.
JEFFERSON GIRLS 2,
COLUMBUS 1
The fourth-ranked Lady Dragons went on the road and knocked off No. 5 Columbus in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs.
The two teams were tied 1-1 at halftime on a penalty kick goal for Columbus and Jefferson goal from Abbey Eison. Ella Parker and Carter Drake both got assists on the play. The assist for Parker broke the school record for most assists in a single season, now standing at 15 on the season and counting..
But Parker one-upped herself in the second half scoring the game-winner with just under 11 minutes left in the match.
The defense held on from there.
Jefferson (12-3-1) next will travel to Luella on Monday.
UNION COUNTY GIRLS 4,
EAST LAURENS 1
For the first time since 2019 the Lady Panthers advanced to the quarterfinal of the Class 2A playoffs with a win over the Class 2A 10th-ranked Lady falcons.
Unranked Union County (12-3-1) has won 10 straight and has allowed just 5 goals in that span.
Freshman Ariel McCarter, sophomore Lara Turner, junior Avary Smith-Foot, and sophomore Avery Murray each scored one goal for Union County.
The Lady Panthers next will play host to No. 8 Fitzgerald in the quarterfinals on Monday.
2nd ROUND SOCCER PLAYOFF SCORES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
Class 6A
Buford girls 8, Glynn Academy 0
Richmond Hill girls 5, Habersham Central 1
Class 4A
Jefferson girls 2, Columbus 1
Class 2A
Union County girls 4, East Laurens 1
TUESDAY, APRIL 19
Class 5A
Johnson boys 3, Woodland-Stockbridge 0
Class 3A
Pike County boys 4, East Jackson 2
East Forsyth boys 2, Tattnall County 1 (1-0 PKs)
West Hall boys 3, Savannah Arts 0
MONDAY, APRIL 18
Class 5A
Jackson County girls 1, Starr's Mill 0
Class 3A
Cherokee Bluff girls 10, Appling County 0
Lumpkin County girls 3, Pierce County 0
Class A Public
Towns County girls 5, Truetlen 0
Commerce girls 14, Montgomery County 0
Class A Private
Paideia girls 4, Lakeview Academy girls 0
2nd ROUND SOCCER PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
Class 4A
East Hall boys (R8, S4) at Spalding (R4, S2), 6 p.m
Jefferson boys (R8, S2) at Columbus (R2, S1), 6 p.m.
Class 2A
Rabun County boy (R8, S2) at Toombs County (R2, S1), 6 p.m.
Woodville-Tompkins boys (R2, S2) at Union County (R8, S1), 5 p.m.
(Area teams listed in BOLD)
